Not to be too harsh here, but I've always wondered if ATI really wanted to steal customers from Nvidia and Intel, they would have like-for-like drivers for both Windows and Linux.
I know Linux has really exploded in just the past three years and ATI/AMD is making an effort to create the drivers and help the open source community. But I get this feeling that all companies are dragging their feet when it comes to Linux. Is there a virtual gun to their heads with Microsoft's finger on the trigger? Do they pay to make demands or do they extort these companies with the idea that if they provide like-for-like capabilities at release, MS will withhold support or information?
All I want is to experience component, full 1080i output from my HTPC (Gigabyte - GA-MA69GM-S2H [RS690] + SUSE 11.0, RadeonHD drivers) in the same way I do when I boot into my WinXP-64 partition.
I know Linux has really exploded in just the past three years and ATI/AMD is making an effort to create the drivers and help the open source community. But I get this feeling that all companies are dragging their feet when it comes to Linux. Is there a virtual gun to their heads with Microsoft's finger on the trigger? Do they pay to make demands or do they extort these companies with the idea that if they provide like-for-like capabilities at release, MS will withhold support or information?
All I want is to experience component, full 1080i output from my HTPC (Gigabyte - GA-MA69GM-S2H [RS690] + SUSE 11.0, RadeonHD drivers) in the same way I do when I boot into my WinXP-64 partition.
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